monster study

Three days later, the pier.

The sun rises as usual, ocean-going ferries come and go, tons of goods are loaded and unloaded, and they are still extremely busy.Because of the wind and sun all day long, the dark-skinned workers ran back and forth carrying goods. It didn't matter to them whether the boxes contained food or guns.

What is important?

What matters is the ocean.

It was at this moment that a worker was caught by a rope on the ground and accidentally fell to the ground, and those silver things fell out of the falling box.

money!A box full of money!

He looked at the ocean covering his body and froze in place.When the people around saw it, they couldn't help looking at their shoulders and the other boxes piled up next to them while being stunned, their eyes changed subtly.

"What are you doing in a daze?! Hurry up and put it on!" The steward rushed over angrily, his hands holding the braids were bulging, and cold sweat was already oozing from his forehead.

This batch of goods was ordered by the superiors thousands of times, why did they fall like this!There are so many people at the pier, how many people are watching?Who would ship that much money? !In case anyone checks out...

The steward wiped off his cold sweat, trembling in his heart.

The workers who fell to the ground hurriedly got up to repack the oceans, and a cold light flashed in their eyes from an angle that no one could see.However, just as he was about to gather everything, a fat and tender hand suddenly picked up the last ocean on the ground.

Followed by a gentle voice full of compassion, "Amitabha."

He raised his head, and saw a monk wearing cloth shoes and a tattered cassock, twisting a Buddhist bead with one hand, with the other palm in front of him, with a fat head and big ears smiling, he looked very much like Maitreya Buddha.

"Donor, I think this ocean is destined for me, so let me take it away."

"Go, go, this is not a place for you to ask for alms." The steward shouted impatiently.

The monk shook his head helplessly, then bowed his head and said "Amitabha" again, then turned and left.But the manager whipped out his whip to stop him, "Who told you to leave like this? Keep the money!"

The monk explained: "You can't keep this money. There is a little monster attached to it. If you take it away, it will eat all your goods."

But how could the steward believe such words, "Who are you bluffing?"

"Monks don't tell lies." The great monk earnestly said.

"Monk? If praying to the gods and worshiping Buddha is useful, we don't need to fight tomorrow!" The steward raised his small triangular eyes and raised the whip in his hand, "Leave the money and get out!"

Seeing that he really didn't believe it, the great monk didn't force him.Sighing, he returned Dayang to the worker, then shook his head and walked away, still chanting words like he was reciting the Great Compassion Mantra.

The manager sneered at this, squinted at the ocean, and muttered, "This demon monk..."

His voice was very soft, except for himself, only the worker standing next to him could hear it.However, after he finished muttering, he was about to go back to deal with the shipment when he turned around and saw the big monk standing in front of him.The fat disc face was only a fist away from him, his eyes were staring like copper bells, and he held a purple gold bowl in his hand, which was extremely terrifying.

"Ah!" The steward took a step back, and before the panic had spread in his eyes, the great monk's purple and gold alms bowl was slapped on his head, "Who are you calling a demon monk? Call me master!"

The great monk knocked down the manager on the spot when he disagreed with each other, and frightened the surrounding workers with his ferocious appearance holding a purple gold alms bowl.There were exclamations, and the great monk, still angry, kicked over all the oceans that the workers had just gathered up, found the one he had just taken, and smiled strangely.

Then the people around saw that he stuffed the big ocean into his mouth, bit into several pieces with a bang, chewed a few times and swallowed it.With a grunt, everyone followed him and swallowed.

It's weird, it's weird!

The people around were all scared, and a few cleverly turned around to find the police.However, before they could take a few steps, the big monk's face froze suddenly, and he fell straight back on the ground!

"Swallow, swallow gold and commit suicide!"

"Call the police!"

The great monk was motionless, and neither was the person in charge. The purple gold bowl rolled on the ground and hit the stone railing, making a crisp ding.Panic came quietly.

At the same time, the worker who knocked over the box at the beginning sneaked out of the dock among the crowd, walked through half of the city, and finally came to Xiao Qiao.

"Master, everything has been settled. The wharf has already become noisy, and a large number of goods are stranded. The ship we arranged is about to arrive, and the wharf will definitely be blocked by then. But today the British have a batch of important goods to leave, and they must We will do our best to restore order to the pier, and we won't be able to delay it for long."

"As long as it lasts until three o'clock, it doesn't need to be very long, but it needs to be messy enough." Xiao Qiao narrowed her eyes slightly, "Find a way to reveal the news to Noda, and let him know that I took advantage of the chaos to smuggle it on a British ship." My goods. Also, I will take the train to Nanjing at seven o'clock tonight."

"Yes!" The man immediately remembered again, "Master, a monk appeared on the pier just now, acting suspiciously, do you think..."

monk?Xiao Qiao knew it in her heart, "Don't worry about it."

At this time, Chong Ming stepped forward, leaned over to Xiao Qiao's ear and said, "Master, Old Master Bai has arrived."

Xiao Qiao nodded, straightened her collar, stood up, opened the curtain and went out.

Outside is a noisy teahouse. On the stage, a man and a woman are sitting in front of the eight-treasure screen, talking storytelling, and the sounds of sanxian and pipa complement each other.

Xiao Qiao walked up the stairs to the first floor. The guests who were eating tea and sunflower seeds saw him and looked sideways at him.But Xiao Qiao turned a blind eye to the gazes around her, walked to the Eight Immortals table closest to the stage, nodded respectfully and bowed to an old man in sixties sitting there, "Xiao Qiao has seen Bai Lao."

"Well, sit down." Although old man Bai is old, he is hale and hearty, wearing a long gown with dragon pattern on his body without getting angry.

Chong Ming helped Xiao Qiao pull out the chair, then stood behind him and stopped talking.Xiao Qiao picked up the teacup and skimmed the tea leaves on the water, gently blowing on the rising heat, without opening her mouth.

Mr. Storyteller was talking about the highlights, and his cadenced voice won applause from all the halls.

Today I am talking about an excerpt from The Three Kingdoms, "Three Great Britain Fighting Lu Bu".

This is one of old man Bai's favorite plays, but he is not in the mood to listen to it seriously today.The kid from the Qiao family was too calm, which made him a little anxious, but at this point, he stopped turning the iron walnut and said, "It's not that I don't understand what you mean when you invite me several times. But I am an old bone, I am afraid it will be difficult to fulfill your entrustment."

"Bai Lao is polite." Xiao Qiao put down the teacup, "In my opinion, this matter is none other than you. Bai Lao also knows my situation. Even if the personnel can be transferred by land, more tricks can always get most of them away. But The gold and silver that my Qiao family has accumulated over the years, the medicines, ammunition, and even all kinds of equipment that I have bought with great painstaking efforts, the goal is too big. If you go by land, it will not work in such a short period of time. Once intercepted , these things can only be sent into the pockets of the enemy."

"The risk of going by water is not small." Bai Lao shook his head, "I told you before, the other party also has people who can use spells, and all docks are blocked, such a large batch of supplies is too eye-catching, it is impossible to go Fall. If you forcefully break through, the casualties will be too great."

Xiao Qiao still looked calm, "I know Bai Lao is old and grandson is young, but if there is another choice, I will not disturb you to clean up. But Kunpeng is dead, sea monsters are on the decline, and the whole Shanghai can carry out this Almost all the sea monsters in this task are worshiping under you, Bai Lao. I can understand that you want to protect them, but the country is about to perish, and even the sixth master died in Kunlun Mountains. Looking at Kyushu, where is there a way to protect yourself?"

"You forgot, I'm a monster, why should I work for humans?"

"What about a human? What about a demon?" Xiao Qiao's eyes were burning, "Old Bai has cultivated in the human world for hundreds of years. He read human books, made friends in the human world, and watched the fireworks in the human world, but he still can tell whether he is a demon or a human? "

Hearing this, Bai Lao's eyebrows moved slightly, and the whole person fell into silence.

Xiao Qiao didn't care either, he wasn't sure whether he could persuade Bai Lao.He was just not reconciled, so he wanted to catch even if there was only a little hope, "Humans and demons are originally species that coexist in this land, just like Yin and Yang. This is our territory. If someone wants to step on my Do whatever you want on the land, even need us to kill each other in exchange for a chance to breathe, I can't agree, let alone agree. As long as there is a chance, I will die, and I will tear them up and throw them into the Huangpu River. So as long as Bai Lao If you are willing to help me, I will do it for you to break out of the encirclement and fight with others."

Hearing this, Bai Lao finally let out a faint sigh.Ten years ago, he would never have imagined that he would sit here and talk about this kind of thing with a little demon catcher.

Obviously, this little demon catcher still overwhelmed him in momentum.

That's all, I've been at ease for so long, don't be afraid when I get old.Back then, he was also a big monster who roamed the world, why had he ever looked forward and backward like this.

Thinking in this way, those lofty ambitions that had accumulated with the passage of time finally gradually awakened in his heart.The iron walnuts in his hand were deformed, Bai Lao slapped them on the table, "Okay, I promise you."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Xiao Qiao and said with emotion: "Qiao Yueshan has a son like you, even if he is underground, he can feel at ease."

"Bai Lao's praise." Xiao Qiao stood up and respectfully refilled Bai Lao's tea, tightening her fingers, keeping all the excitement and surprise in her heart.

In the private room separated by a screen on the second floor, Lu Zhifei and Shang Si looked at the situation below through the bead chain.Although Xiao Qiao posted a talisman to prevent others from eavesdropping, with Shang Si around, the conversation between him and Bai Lao fell into Lu Zhifei's ears verbatim.

At this time, Xiao Qiao was unfamiliar to Lu Zhifei, but also admired.

He seemed to be ready to die, not even Chongming who was standing behind him did not stop him.

During these three days, Lu Zhifei followed Shang Siman to the beach and went to many places.

He saw all of Xiao Qiao's arrangements, evacuated personnel, consolidated funds, frequently went to various concessions to pave the way for his plan, dealt with Noda, and then used a demon-catching order to disturb the water in the demon world.All the monsters raised in Qiao's mansion have also been released. They will follow the order of their master, Xiao Qiao, to mix with the monsters in Shanghai to guide the situation, and let the monsters go to the pier by the Huangpu River.

As for Noda and those who have identified Xiao Qiao's identity, their greatest wish is of course to wipe out Xiao Qiao and related personnel, including Qiao's family property and possible rich supplies.

But Xiao Qiao released too many smoke bombs, which blinded their eyes.If the thread is too long and Xiao Qiao runs away, the loss outweighs the gain. The safest way is to catch Xiao Qiao before he runs away.

So, it was hunted down.

Soldiers with guns rushed into the gate of the teahouse aggressively, causing a commotion.

Xiao Qiao held the teacup calmly, without even changing her posture.He turned his head and nodded politely to Bai Lao, "Please Bai Lao go ahead, see you at night."

Bai Lao nodded, said "precious" and left through the back door.After agreeing to Xiao Qiao, he had to go back and make some preparations.

But Xiao Qiao was still in no hurry to leave.

Among the panicked and scattered crowd, the two masters and servants who sat and stood calmly were particularly eye-catching.

Chongming possessed himself and whispered something in Xiao Qiao's ear, then took off his suit jacket and put it on Xiao Qiao, unbuttoned the first button of his shirt, rolled up his cuffs, and, amidst the stern shouts of the soldiers, picked up the A long bench next to it was smashed out!

The frightened soldiers fired immediately, the sound of the gun startled the pipa, and the bullet broke the strings.The gavel fell to the ground with a sound like spring thunder.

Xiao Qiao took out the golden pocket watch from his jacket pocket, pressed it to check the time, it was 03:30 in the afternoon, and it was time to kill.